Whittlesea green thumbs dig a little competition
Whittlesea’s 2013 garden competition winner Jennifer Hunt was praised for her picture-perfect garden.
But 2014 bring an altogether different scenario with roses wilting and leaves...
Joining the wet set at Funfields adventure park
Surviving a Melbourne heatwave needed serious lateral thinking in 40-degree-plus scorchers last week, especially if you lived miles from a beach or shady river...
Missing Mill Park woman found safe and well
Missing Mill Park woman Karen Robinson has been found safe and well at Epping Plaza.
The 76-year-old went missing from an Epping caravan park on...
Missing Mill Park woman found safe and well
Missing Mill Park woman Karen Robinson has been found safe and well at Epping Plaza.
The 76-year-old went missing from an Epping caravan park on...
Armed trio attack woman in Reservoir break and enter
Three armed intruders kicked open the door of a 13-year-old’s Reservoir bedroom and demanded money early on Tuesday morning.
Two women and a nine-year-old girl...
Armed trio attack woman in Reservoir break and enter
Three armed intruders kicked open the door of a 13-year-old’s Reservoir bedroom and demanded money early on Tuesday morning.
Two women and a nine-year-old girl...
Metropolitan vision hits bumps in the road
Plan Melbourne, the Napthine government’s much-vaunted vision for a well-connected, well-designed modern metropolis, has hit a wall of negativity.
Promising salvation from over- development in...
Makeover sought for Hume’s shabby welcome to the world
Councillors Geoff Porter, Alan Bolton and Chandra Bamunusinghe want answers to what they consider to be the “disgrace of Hume’s southern gateway”.
The trio took...
Peter’s brilliant recovery from life’s cruel fate
Some young Sudanese migrants may have got a bad rap from Australian media, but only good news came from Africa Media Australia’s inaugural Victorian...
Hume mayor’s goodwill to all this Christmas
The spirit of Christmas, and its message of new life, embraces all faiths and all people.
With Melbourne’s north now home to people from about...
Sunbury secession: Split must be quick, says hume councillor
The axe should fall sooner rather than later to separate Sunbury from Hume, Cr Jack Medcraft told his Hume council colleagues last week.
Counter to Local Government...
Dallas mosque: Attack rocks Islamic Turkish community
Hume’s Islamic Turkish community is struggling to come to grips with a random attack on worshippers at its Dallas mosque last Thursday. The attack...
Black Saturday: Community spirit to be set in stone
After almost four years of planning, construction of Whittlesea’s 2009 bushfire memorial is under way at the corner of Coombs, Humevale and Yea roads.
Work...
Mernda resident turns to Facebook in bid for police station
A Mernda man has set up a Facebook page as part of his campaign to get a police station in the area – and...
$3 million promise for Craigieburn aquatic centre
The state government has committed $3 million to a new aquatic and sports complex at Craigieburn.
Hume mayor Casey Nunn and fellow Aitken ward councillor Alan...